COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 21 November 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

nil LONDON MARKETS. By Cable-nPress London, November 19. Wheat.—Firm, in sympathy with Wednesday's improvement in America. There is little demand for Australian landed at 50s. Flour. —Firm; Australian ex store 36s to 36s 6d. Barley—Firm; Australian Chevalier 33s to 355.

Beans and Peas.—Firm and unchanged.

Oats.—Quiet. La Plata DecemberJanuary 22s i)d. Butter. —Very firm; good inquiry for colonial. Australian choicest salted 1245, 126s to 128s, unsalted 128s to 130s. New Zealand, 128s to 130s. /Silver, 22 7-8 d per ounce. Copper.—Spot £53 12s • 6d, three months £53 17s 6d, electrolytic £55 15s. Tin.—Spot £135 15s, three months £135 10s.

Pig-iron, 50s. Lead, £lB. Spelter, £25 to . £25 ss. Sugar.—Granulated foreign, 27s 3d. Bradford wool.—Cheerful; everything in sellers' favour except merinos for future delivery. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, November 19. | The wool sales closed slow, with an easier tendency. Oats. —Tasmanian and Victorian, 3s 7d to 3s Bd. Barley.—English, 4s 6d; Cape, feeding, 4s. Maize, 3s lid to 4s 3d. Potatoes.—New Zealand, £4 10s to £O. Onions.—Victorian, £9 to £ll. Butter.—Selected, 104s; seconds, 94s to 98s. Cheese, fid. Bacon, 9d. Adelaide, November 19. Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s fid. Flour, £ll. Bran and pollard, £8 10s. Melbourne, November 19. Hides.—There were small supplies, but the competition was excellent, showing fully a id advance all round. Buyers are unable to procure wheat, flour, bran or pollard at the official quotations. ' Barley.—English malting 5s 9d to 6s, Cape 4s 3d to 4s (id. Oats, 3s 5d to 3s Old. Maize, 4s Id to 4s 2d." __ Potatoes, £4 to £5 10s, new 6s to is the ease. Onions, £l2.

ADDLVGTOX. Cliristchurcli, November IS. At Addington yards to-day tliero was a fairly large entrance of l'at stock and a good attendance. Fat cattle were rather easier towards the end of tin; sale. Store sheep and cattle allowed little change. Store sheep.—Shorn two-tooth ewes, to 10s 3d; fair two-tootli wethers, 12s 10(1; 'lds 3d; fair two-tooth wethers, 12s 0d; and six tooth dry ewes, 15s lid; medium four and six-tooth wethers, las 4d; good forward four-tooth wethers, to 17s°ld-full-mouth ewes, with lambs, ids 10d (all counted); woolly ewes in lamb, to 20s, good woolly six and eight-tooth ewes with lambs, 14s; fair-mouthed ewes with lambs, lis to 12s 3d; inferior ewes' with lambs, (Is 4d to 10s 3d. Fat Lambs.—Best lambs, 19s to 21s Od • lighter, 10s Od to ISs Od. Fat sheep.—Woolly wethers 22 3 3d to 20s 0d; extra prime shorn wethers to 335; prime shorn wethers, 21s Od to 27s 2d; others 15s to 21s; shorn merino wethers 14s 9d to 22s fid; woolly owes, 22s to 25s Od; prune shorn ewes,' 20s to 255; others, 15s to 19s 0d; woollv howgets, 20s to 22s 4d; shorn hoggets, to 24 s Od.

Fat cattle—Extra good steers, to £lO oecf, ]>er 1001b. 34s to 445. •Store Cattle.—Yearlings, .-£1 12s fid--15 to 18-month sorts, £2 lis to £3 ]■>■', (M; two-year steers, £4 7s (Id; two-voai heifers, £4 fis; 2'/.-year heifers, " £-! 17s; three-year steers, £fl ]7, s Oil (pusse<l); three-year heifers, £4 17s Oil to £5 ss: dry cows, £1 10s to £4 13s. Dairy cows—There was a fair Yarding mainly of rough sorts and poor 'classes" which were not in demand, but useful :in.mills sold % f.velv. Prices ranged fro a £" 10s to Xlf). Pigs—Clioppers, 00s ot 100s; extra heavy baeoners, to 725; heavy baeoners, cSs to Cms; lighter baconers, 50s to 55sprice per lb., 5d to s>/hI. ..Heavy porkevt, --f! s to 445; lighter porkers,' 3rs t,i 335. Price per lb., 3d to ijy 2 d. BUPNSIDE. Dunedin, November IS. There was a large entry of fat '..altl« at Riruside to-day, 210 being penned, and the quality was fair. Prices mii easier than the rates ruling last we--k Best liiloeks, £l7 to £ls'os; modi 'Mi, £l4 to £ir>; irterior, ill to £ll. !,.«• cows and heifers, £l2 10s to £l4; extra, to £ls It's; medium, £9 to£'o 10s; liglit, £5 to £7 10s. There wa s a small yarding of .fat sheep, 1848 being penned, and the quality was good. Owing to the contractor for tin" supplies to the. troopships operating freely- competition was good, and prices advanced fully 2s fill on those ruling last week. Prime wethers in wool wool, to 455; good, 20s to 355; medium, 25s to 28s; prime shorn wethers, to 27s '0(1: extra, to 375; medium, 24s to 25s (Id; best woolly ewes, 33s to 355; medium 28s Oil to 28 Gs; inferior, 23s to 24s fld; Fat lambs—l4S were penned. This was a big yarding for this time of the. year, and the prices were easier. Best 18s to 10s; extra, to 20s fid; medium, 15s to 10s; small, 12s to Ms.

NEWTON KINO'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Monday lfitli inst., at my Urenui yard.s, I bad a full yarding, for which there was keen competition, practically everything being cleared at the following prices:—Yearling heifers, £1 14s to £2 2s; 15-months Shorthorn heifers, £2 14s; coloured yearling to 15-inoiiths heifers, £2 7s (Id to £2 15s; yearling steers, £2 17s; 2-year Jersey steers, £4 4s; 2-year empty heifers, £3 lis to £4 os; 3-year steers £7 (is; store cows, £4 12s to £4 Ills; small framed cows £3 4s to £3 10s; forward cows £0 to £0 lis; fat cows, £7 10s to £8 17s, (very strong demand); dairy cows, £4 15s to £7; good springing heifers, £5 15s to £7 ss; smaller sorts, £4 to £5 ss; yearling Holstein bulls, £3 17s fid; yearling Jersey bull, £2 to £3 2s (id; dairv bulls up to £9 10s; heavy bulls for canning £l2 15s and £l3; medium sized bulls, £9; pedigree Jersey yearling bulls £6 jfainmiiSV ■ QWCS " £1: mix(!a fatß > £1

T^i 8 h £3 ,' ss t0 £3 ITs Mi cows, ±8 lis and £8 12a; forward cows, £5 l! to £6 18s 6d ! 8° 0(1 cows, £*m to £5 S S ; agM.cows, £3 12s to £<J ISs; small store cbwa, £3 10s to £3 14s; small cows and calves, £4 13sBiMg ß iM gS ' ~ £7 ss; bulls for canning, £8 to £lO 17s 6d; Shorthorn dairy bull, £l2 12s; 20-months Jersey bulls, £4 15s to £5 sb; 15-months Jersey Bull, £3 5s to £4; springing heifers, good, £5 17s 6d to £7 ss; small, £4 15s. Private sales, as follows:—15-months Shorthorn heifers, £2 to £2 10s; vealers, £2 Is; empty 2-year heifers, £3 18s to £4; store cows, £4 10s to £5 2s fld; forward cows £G 10s and £0 12s Od; bulls, £6 to £9; dairy cows, £7; springing heifers, £6; fat cows, £8 5a and £8 10s; fat steers, £lO 15s; working bullocks, £2l to £2B 10s per pair; hoggets, 18s, 17s, 15s 3d; fat woolly wethers,. £1 lis fid; fat shorn wethers, £1 ss; fat ewes, £1 Is 6d; mixed fat, £1 to £1 2a fid. MATTHEWS, BENNETT AND CO.'S REPORT.

Matthews, Bennett and Company report a good yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Prices for store cows were fully maintained, and better business was done in young cattle, at smaller prices than vendors were expecting, we quote: Springing heifers, small, £3 5s to £4; others to £5 10s; store cows, £4 5s to £4 15s; forward ditto, £5 10s to £6 4s; fat cows, £8 7s fld to £10; yearling heifers £1 IBs to £2 4s; 1(1 months ditto, £2 5s to £2 11b; steers, medium quality, £2 Kis to £3; bulls, £6 10s to £lO.

NEW PLYMOUTH MARKETS. ' SELING PRICES. Flour—--10011)8 '. 15 6 SOlbs 8 0 Sugar— No. la, 501b 10 3 No. 2, 501bs. 10 0 GRAIN, ETC. Gartons, per bushel 3 0 Duns 3 9 Crushed 4 0 BarleyCape 4 6 English 4 6.. Crushed Beans g fl Pollard, per 1001b, 8s; 2001b ..10 0 Bran, per 1801b bag 11 0 Wheat, fowl, per bushel 0 0 Maize o 0 DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. Butter— Factory ] 2 Best Separator 1 0 Seconds 0 11 Dairy i o Cheese () !) Eggs <,...'.'. 1 1.Bacon (rashers) 1 () Hams lo ( l to 0 \\\ Rashers l () Milk (quart) 0 3 VEGETABLES. Tomatoes 1/- a „d 1/Glb. Cauliflowers 4d to d I Carots 2d bunch ! Turnips 2d bunch Parsnips 2d bunch Hl'"bard : (id bunch. l y> l * ~ 3d lb., 1/u peck. New Potatoes g]b 1/FRUIT. Onus's 2s and 3s doz. Apples Od and Sd lb. lemons l/o to 2/- doz. bananas 3d and 4d lb. IVara Sd lb. BUYING PRICES. Factory Butter •. . i ] Rolled ; i o Best separator, reg'd dairies 010 Farmers' Separator 0 i) %?* 0 11 Bacon q y ]i ' u »» '. OJd "to 0 11 Fungus o 3